Reminder about media calls

A reminder that contact with the media regarding LLCC classes, programs and services must go through Public Relations and Marketing per Board of Trustees policy. If you wish to publicize an event or if you receive a call from the media regarding LLCC, please route that call to PRM, specifically Lynn Whalen (217-786-2219) or Kyla Kruse (217-786-4918) per board policy 12.2. Thanks!

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Thank you to Welcome Week Volunteers!

Chris Barry assisting students in the Nursing Education CenterLLCC Public Relations & Marketing and Student Services thank everyone who joined us in greeting and assisting students in A. Lincoln Commons, Kreher Agriculture Center, Montgomery Hall and the Workforce Careers Center during Welcome Week. You helped students get a great start to the spring semester! It would not have been possible without all of you who took time out of your busy days to help students use the Lincoln Landing app, find classes, print off schedules and much more.

Rhilee Cochran and Lindee Hall Pratt at the Welcome Week table in A. Lincoln CommonsThose who helped greet students during Welcome Week included: Robin Ackman, Nikki Baker, Chris Barry, Holly Bauman, Alex Berry, Jeremy Bliss, Mackenzie Bryant, Michelle Burger, Micaela Childress, Laurie Clemons, Darla Cochran, Rhilee Cochran, Josh Collins, Barb Eades, Julie Eason, Tiffany Elliot, Dr. Holly Bauman standing next to digital sign welcome students to the Kreher Agriculture CenterLesley Frederick, Bryan Gleckler, Misty Hagstrom, Claire Heffron-McKinney, Carrie Jacobs, Leslie Johnson, LLCC Police Department, Kyla Kruse, Jeff Martin, Jamie McCoy, Caitlin Perry, Lindee Pratt Hall, Ron Riggle, Leanne Roseberry, Karen Sanders, Sarah Scheufele, Dr. Scott Searcy, Irene Siewert, Emily Smith, Shelly Smothers, Bertha Sneyd, Nancy Sweet, Steve Torricelli, Greg Walbert, Vickie Ward, Mac Warren, Lynn Whalen, Thom Whalen, Kim Wilson and Kim Young.

Sign up to help out at the Welcome Week table

LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would appreciate your assistance during spring Welcome Week! PRM is looking for volunteers to assist at the welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons Jan. 10-13 during the first week of spring classes.

Help students get a great start to the semester by greeting them, answering their questions, providing directions and encouraging them to stop by the Welcome Week events hosted by LLCC Student Life! An FAQ reference sheet will be on the table along with highlighters to help in marking students’ routes to their classes.

To sign up, add your name to the spring 2022 Welcome Week sign-up sheet.

Sign up to help out at the Welcome Week table

LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would appreciate your assistance during spring Welcome Week! PRM is looking for volunteers to assist at the welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons Jan. 10-13 during the first week of spring classes.

Help students get a great start to the semester by greeting them, answering their questions, providing directions and encouraging them to stop by the Welcome Week events hosted by LLCC Student Life! An FAQ reference sheet will be on the table along with highlighters to help in marking students’ routes to their classes.

To sign up, add your name to the spring 2022 Welcome Week sign-up sheet.

Sign up to help out at the Welcome Week table

LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would appreciate your assistance during spring Welcome Week! PRM is looking for volunteers to assist at the welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons Jan. 10-13 during the first week of spring classes.

Help students get a great start to the semester by greeting them, answering their questions, providing directions and encouraging them to stop by the Welcome Week events hosted by LLCC Student Life! An FAQ reference sheet will be on the table along with highlighters to help in marking students’ routes to their classes.

To sign up, add your name to the spring 2022 Welcome Week sign-up sheet.

KUDOS to these employees!

Lincoln Land Community College KUDOS: Key or Unique Demonstrations of Outstanding ServiceKUDOS to the employees listed below for going above and beyond to assist others and for modeling LLCC’s core values! Each will receive a KUDOS  certificate.

Kim Alexander, Sue Alexander, Shawn Allen, Vanessa Avery, Chris Barry, Sandy Bonn, Julie Brennan, Mackenzie Bryant, Philip Burnett, Debra Coet, Mary Dellert, Rachel Duff, Jeff Eason, Kim Eddings, Foundation staff, Misty Hagstrom, Elaine Higgason, Casey Hoenes, Dee Hood, Bridgette Hudson, Cathy Huffman, Dr. Joi Kazenski, Rebecca Klatt, Kyla Kruse, Brenda Loschen, Dr. Brenda Michel, Jeni Noble, Caitlin Perry, Kyle Roughan, Dr. Karen Sisk, Emily Smith, Bert Sneyd, Leslie Stalter, Dr. Colin Suchland, Greg Walbert, Jud Walker, Holly Walton, Mac Warren, Lindsey Weihmeir, Thom Whalen and Kim Williams-Wilson.

View the December-2021-KUDOS-Nominations-Award-Winners to read about how these faculty and staff contribute to the positive environment that is LLCC and who nominated them for this recognition.

The next KUDOS award announcement will be made later during the spring semester. Brighten someone’s day and say “thank you, great job!” with a KUDOS recognition. You can nominate a deserving colleague by clicking on the KUDOS Nomination tab in the upper-right corner of LincIn.

Sign up to help out at the Welcome Week table

LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would appreciate your assistance during spring Welcome Week! PRM is looking for volunteers to assist at the welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons Jan. 10-13 during the first week of spring classes.

Help students get a great start to the semester by greeting them, answering their questions, providing directions and encouraging them to stop by the Welcome Week events hosted by LLCC Student Life! An FAQ reference sheet will be on the table along with highlighters to help in marking students’ routes to their classes.

To sign up, add your name to the spring 2022 Welcome Week sign-up sheet.

LLCC’s new website launches today!

Screenshot of new website's homepage. Menu items in top right, include Info For, which is circled.LLCC’s new website is scheduled to launch today at www.llcc.edu! The website has been a two-year+ project undertaken by the Web Team:  Kyla Kruse, director of communications, project leader; Greg Walbert, graphic design manager; Misty Hagstrom, graphic design specialist; Caitlin Perry, website and social media writing coordinator; and Lynn Whalen, chief communications officer;  all from Public Relations and Marketing, and Esteban Cruz, chief information officer, Information Technology, in collaboration with KWALL, an experienced website design company with numerous higher education clients.

The new website is designed to be “mobile first,” American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant and has an updated architecture, look and features.

The first step was research. The Web Team took a year to conduct focus groups, gather best practices and compose a request for proposal to website design companies before choosing the best match for the college. The Team spent another year working with KWALL designing and building the site, migrating content from the current site to the new site, while adding new content, photos and video. Along the way, President Charlotte Warren and cabinet provided input, along with departments on the content that would be transferred. Students helped test the new site for navigation.

Audiences

The primary audience for the website is prospective students, showing them what the college has to offer and helping them decide on a program and educational path. Current students, faculty and staff, parents and family members, business and community members, and alumni and donors can find links to their targeted information through the Info For tab at the top.

Homepage

The top “main navigation” features buttons to Request Info, Visit and Apply. There are also links to About, Find a Program, Become a Student and Student Life and Services.

The homepage then features a series of hero images, currently three photos that rotate with a “call to action” in each and a drone video of campus with a pause button for accessibility.

Next is Latest at LLCC which features a photo image for each top news story.

Start My Journey allows prospective students to click a box based on their preferences: if they are a transfer student or want to take individual classes, are a workforce student, a student seeking to upskill or reskill or wanting to take classes for personal development, an adult education or concurrent enrollment student.

Next are links to Student Life and Explore the Campus along with another video showing campus life, followed by two tabs, Academic Programs and Workforce Careers, which students can click to explore all of those options.

Testimonials feature current students, employees and alumni with quotes about their experiences at LLCC.

Bottom navigation links include Employment, Contacts and Select Language to change the website to another language.

Looking forward, there still work to do on the site, and the Web Team will be making updates post-launch, including a new campus map, event calendar and department directories.

The Team will provide training to content managers during the spring semester. Until training occurs, please submit PRM Kbox tickets for critical edits to the content of pages.

Thank you to all who came to the website preview sessions, and enjoy the new LLCC website!

LLCC Web Team

LLCC’s new website officially launches tomorrow! Find your frequently used links under “Info For > Faculty and Staff”

Screenshot of new website's homepage. Menu items in top right, include Info For, which is circled.
LLCC’s new website at www.llcc.edu is scheduled to launch tomorrow. The process of transition to the new site will begin this evening, with no interruption in web service expected.

To find the links you use most often:

  • Look for “Info for” at the top of the new website (See red circled area above).
  • When you hover over or click on “Info for,” look for “Faculty & Staff.”
  • Click on “Faculty & Staff” and all of the links currently on “My LLCC,” will be displayed.

Content managers will be trained next semester.

We hope you enjoy our new ADA compliant, mobile first website!

LLCC Public Relations and Marketing (PRM) and Information Technology (IT)